Toronto Festivals & Events for This Weekend (Aug 22-24)

August 21, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 10 minutes

Toronto Festivals & Events for This Weekend (Aug 22 - Aug 24)

Hey Torontonians,

The heat has cooled off. We hope no more rain so we can have perfect excuse to head out, enjoy the breeze.

Anyway, checkout what you can do this Friday (8/22) to Sunday (8/24) below! Hope you have a great weekend❣️ Missed out? Catch up with our previous newsletter here.

Friday 08/22

🎭 Art and Culture
2025 Toronto TAIWANfest @ Harbourfront Centre
A Paint and Trivia Night by Artbox @ Artbox Studio Gallery
Curatorial Tour with Ryan Rice: Rosalie Favell Belonging 1982 - 2024 @ Onsite Gallery
Fashion Wars VI @ The Super Wonder Gallery
in the Queit After @ Sahar K. Boluki Gallery
Paint and Sip: Colours of the Wind @ My Inner Child Paint Bar

🎡 Family
Ghost Night Couples Pottery Workshop @ Noel Yardley Ceramics
Myopia Awareness Pop-Up at Sherway Gardens @ CF Sherway Gardens
Staples Back-to-School Made Easy Tour @ Scarborough Town Centre
Summer in the Park @ Little Avenue Memorial Park (Free)

📅 Other Events
Volunteer recruitment information event @ Picnic Shelter Area

Saturday 08/23

🍽️ Food and Drinks
POP-UP: Fat Rice Asian Night Market @ The Depanneur
The Porch Brunch Club @ The Porch

🎉 Entertainment
Anime Afterparty @ The Combine
Casablanca Summer's End White White Affair @ Liberty Grand Entertainment Complex
Dirty Dancing @ Hot Docs Cinema
GLOW STATE: A Toronto Sound Healing, Embodiment & Meditation Micro Retreat @ Heal Goood Studios
Immigrants disaster - STAND UP COMEDY SHOW @ Freetimes Cafe
Mark Gagnon @ The Royal
Retro Bingo at Epochal Imp @ Epochal Imp
Shall We Dance? 4K Restoration @ Hot Docs Cinema, Toronto
Toronto Mandem Comedy Jam @ The Real Jerk Legacy
Up in Jokes Toronto Comedy Show @ The Boardroom Comedy Club
Whimsy Woods Fantasy Ball @ Gloria in the Great Hall
Your Main Dawg Chili Dawg...Does a Long Comedy Set @ Comedy Bar

🎭 Art and Culture
Absurd & Unhinged Market: Presented by Loohoo & Friends @ Loohoo
Afro-Carib Fest 2025 @ Thomson Memorial Park (Free)
Black History Guided Tour with Jacqueline Scott @ Todmorden Mills Heritage Site
Canary District: Movement and Migration Walking Tour @ Southeast corner of Cherry St. and Front St. East
Close Encounters of the 5th Kind, CE-5, Meditaiton @ Tommy Thompson Park, Leslie Street Spit
Commemorating Ukrainian Independence Day @ Centennial park
KMCLT Walking Tour: Counterculture Cartographies: Mapping Rebellion in the Market @ Super Serve
Learn to Quilt: A Beginner Sewing Class in Toronto @ PH1 Studios
Northern Rainbow Readers & Writers @ Sheraton Toronto Airport
PERMANENT RESIDENCY - A Filipino Art Event! @ Space Unlimited
Sankofa Day Celebration @ Sankofa Square, Toronto (Free)
Sustainable Block Party @ George Chuvalo Neighbourhood Centre (Free)
The iDREAM Awards @ Sankofa Square
Tiger of Sweden Toronto End of Season Sale @ TIGER OF SWEDEN TORONTO
Yorkville Murals @ Multiple Venues

🎡 Family
Canada International Children's Film Festival @ Innis College, 2 Sussex Ave, Toronto, ON M5S 1J5
Caribbean Family Brunch @ The Real Jerk Restaurant
Family Glow-in-the-dark Painting @ Artbox Studio Gallery
Kokserek @ Lee Lifeson Art Park
Mabuhay Philippine Festival @ Nathan Phillips Square
Myopia Awareness Pop-Up at Sherway Gardens @ Sherway Gardens
Staples Back-to-School Made Easy Tour @ Toronto Harbour Nautical Centre
Sunset Social @ Toronto Island

🐾 Pet
Doggie Fest Summer Carnival @ Roundhouse Park (Free)

Sunday 08/24

🍽️ Food and Drinks
Kalamansi Fest @ STACKT MARKET

🎉 Entertainment
Come Play Werewolf @ GranBrew @ Granite Brewery
The Great Dictator @ Hot Docs Cinema
Zakir Khan Live! @ Scotiabank Arena

🎡 Family
Floateh Parteh @ Woodbine Beach

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